Brendan Rodgers responds to what he's hearing from Diego...

Brendan Rodgers responds to what he’s hearing from

Brendan Rodgers thinks Celtic are gaining additional appreciation in

Europe following comments from Atletico Madrid Manager Diego Simeone.

The legendary coach praises Celtic and how the performances from the team are

‘better’ than the results proposed – he refered to the last two performances.

The Bhoys are in Madrid in front of this tonight’s all-important

Champions League tie against Atletico, Brendan Rodgers was asked some

information about that and he added how he has been ‘extremely content’

with the level of performances from the team, as he told his pre-match press conference.

The Northern Irishman brought up that ‘the pessimists’

will express that Celtic just have one highlight their name,

yet as mentioned, the team merited substantially more.

The 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid at Celtic Park ought to doubtlessly give the

players and team belief that they can cause gives this tonight – Chris Sutton is

supporting David Turnbull to begin.

Score first and things may very well turn out to be extremely because on

the grounds that this is the hardest trial of Group E, playing at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Rodgers on Simeone’s comments

Reporter: ” Diego Simeone was loaded with praise for your team and the style of play.

Do you as a club and a squad feel that you have gained a bit more

appreciation given the manner in which you have performed up to this point?

Rodgers answered: “I believe so. The cynics will likely let us know we just have one point.

However, for a club and a team such as ourselves,

everything without a doubt revolves around working on that level of confidence. That will come through performance.